The Flaggers Explain Their Reasoning For Their Big Flag

And you can see it right here.

Enjoy.

Meanwhile, not everyone agrees, as those of you on Facebook can see:

A Poor Piece of Reporting: Virginia’s Civil War Heritage

There’s been a rumor circulating lately in Confederate Heritage circles that there’s a plan afoot to merge the Museum of the Confederacy, the The American Civil War Center at Historic Tredegar, and the Virginia Historical Society. That rumor’s been discussed and discounted in qualified news sources.

But sometimes someone in the media slips badly. Such is the case with this report. The reporter, one Tracy Agnew, simply interviewed one person, looked at one website, and took what she read there at face value. Apparently it was too difficult for her to do anything more.

Of course, this could also present an opportunity for many of you out there to contact Ms. Agnew and tell her a tale in the knowledge that she’s not good at checking out her sources or confirming her story. One can only imagine what someone might do with that knowledge in hand.

Past and Present in Civil War Memory

This recent posting from the gift that keeps on giving shows how some folks connect their understanding of the past with their present political preferences. Look at this image:

… and then the ensuing comments:

Those who do not learn their history are doomed, or something like that.